The article reviews the book "The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons," by Samantha Barbas.

Title : Democracy
Author: Powell G Bingham Jr
Source: Journal of Interdisciplinary History; Winter2009, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p402-403, 2p
Abstract: This article reviews the book "Democracy," by Charles Tilly.
Review: This book examines the electoral experience of the countries of South Asia, from a comparative and developmental point of view. It involves a consideration of the different roles and functions of elections in various South Asian states in an area where electoral experience has varied greatly and the contributions of elections to the political development or political decay of the countries of South Asia. Dustjacket slightly damaged otherwise in good condition.
Author: Robert Stone
Title: Dog Soldiers
Imprint: New York : Penguin Books, 1973,1974
Review: A masterpiece! The best novel I've ever read!If you came of age in the late 60's and early 70s (as I did) and found yourself at the center of the counterculture (in my case, Madison, Wisconsin), you'll recognize all of the characters who people this extraordinary story. In no book I've read are they rendered with such precision and invested with such uncanny life. Charmian, the heroine dealer
Author: McPherson, James
Title: Battle cry of freedom : the civil war era
Imprint: New York : Ballantine Books, 1988
Review: For more than 15 years, there's been a single book that every Civil War buff must own: Battle Cry of Freedom, by James M. McPherson. Yes, I like Bruce Catton and Shelby Foote — quite a bit, in fact. I also have a complete four-volume set of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. My bookshelves creak beneath the weight of these volumes and others by William C. Davis, David Herbert Donald, Douglas Southall Freeman, Margaret Leech, Stephen B. Oates, Stephen W. Sears, and Jay Winik — to pick just a few.
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Author: R.K. Narayan
Title: Bachelor of Arts
Imprint: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1978
Review: This is the story of Chandran, a young man in his last year at college when the novel opens. Life, half-planned, is before him. Love, as yet half-glimpsed, like the fleeting green sari on the river bank that sends his imagination running, makes of Chandran for a long while an exile from Malgudi, from his friends, his family and from life itself. And love is the catalyst that makes him turn back to all that which he had turned his back on. Narayan's characters are fully alive in their doubts, their affections and aspirations - concern shown with assumed carelessness, Hindu customs observed as often as they are ignored, shown with gentle and wry humour. The reader enters a subtle and rewarding world bright with the colour of difference.
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Review: This introductory volume provides an accessible overview of the history of 'Literature' as a cultural concept, and reflects on the contemporary nature, place and function of what the literary might mean for us today. This volume:* offers a concise history of the canonic concept of 'literature' from its earliest origins* illustrates the kinds of theoretical issues which are currently invoked by the term 'literary'* promotes the potential 'uses of the literary' within an millennial cultureWith Literature Peter Widdowson provides a thought provoking essay on the contemporary relevance of the 'literary' for students.